How many times has Phish played Horn?

Phish has performed "Horn" 179 times since May 24, 1990.

What is the longest version of Horn by Phish?

The longest version of "Horn" was 10:18 long, performed at Portland Meadows in Portland, OR on July 15, 1998.

When was the last time Phish played Horn?

Phish last played "Horn" on April 25, 2026. The current gap is 3 shows.

When did Phish first play Horn?

"Horn" debuted on May 24, 1990 at The Brewery in Raleigh, NC.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Horn?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Horn" are: Runaway Jim, Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Llama, David Bowie.

← BACK·SONGS·Horn

LIVE · 179 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Horn

179 performances since 1990, with 175 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 90 on 1998-07-15.

DEBUT · 1990-05-24 · Raleigh·LAST · 2026-04-25 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 55 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1990–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1998-07-15 · 90LONGEST · 10:18 · 1998-07-15SHORTEST · 3:11YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN175 OF 179 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 125 plays90

v2.02002–2004 · 10 plays55

v3.02009–2020 · 35 plays61

v4.02021–present · 10 plays72

BARS REPRESENT THE BEST-SCORING VERSION IN EACH ERAOPEN METHODOLOGY →

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 175 · BY SCORE175 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0190#1 / 175Portland MeadowsPortland, OR · #1

1998-07-1510:18

#0284#2 / 175Divadlo ArchaPrague · #2

1997-06-205:09

#0374#3 / 175The StingNew Britain, CT

1991-11-194:50

#0472#4 / 175United CenterChicago, IL

2025-07-203:38

#0566#5 / 175SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-254:23

#0665#6 / 175ParadisoAmsterdam

1997-07-014:09

#0764#7 / 175Ameris Bank AmphitheatreAlpharetta, GA

2025-09-163:59

#0861#8 / 175Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2015-09-043:45

#0960#9 / 175Hersheypark StadiumHershey, PA

2010-06-133:38

#1060#10 / 175The ForumInglewood, CA

2018-07-273:57

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0166#5 / 175SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-254:23

#0264#7 / 175Ameris Bank AmphitheatreAlpharetta, GA

2025-09-163:59

#0372#4 / 175United CenterChicago, IL

2025-07-203:38

#0453#32 / 175Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO

2024-07-314:16

#0541#128 / 175Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-07-293:35

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS179

DEBUT1990

LAST2026

AVG LEN3:56

CHARTED2

GAP MAX55

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1990–2026 · 107 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

DURATION· LENGTH SHAPEINPUT · TRACKS.DURATION + SETLIST_ENTRIES.DURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE172 VERSIONS

501005m10m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (122)RANGE · 3–11m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

3:304:004:305:005:30

TOPOLOGY· WHERE IN THE SHOWINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.SET + .POSITION + .TRANSITION

SET MIX & ROLE179 PLAYS

SET 1 · 79%SET 2 · 18%

SET 1 142SET 2 32ENCORE 5

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE5

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

510152025

GEOGRAPHY· PLACE & TIMINGINPUT · SHOWS.VENUE + .STATE + .DATE

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY6 02Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs · NY4 03The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia · PA3 04Worcester Centrum CentreWorcester · MA3 05Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville · IN2 06Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY25

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Runaway Jim66 02Chalk Dust Torture65 03Bouncing Around the Room64 04Llama61 05David Bowie55 06Possum55 07Hold Your Head Up55 08You Enjoy Myself55 09Mike's Song53

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Sweet Adeline177

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN74 TOURS · 179 PLAYS · 179 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011991 Fall Tour1717Sep 30, 1991·Dec 6, 1991 021992 Spring Tour1414Mar 7, 1992·May 18, 1992 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1111Feb 6, 1993·May 7, 1993 041993 Summer Tour99Jul 16, 1993·Aug 24, 1993 051991 Winter/Spring Tour88Feb 2, 1991·May 4, 1991 061992 Summer U.S. Tour77Jul 14, 1992·Aug 27, 1992 071995 Fall Tour66Sep 30, 1995·Dec 14, 1995 082016 Summer Tour44Jun 22, 2016·Jul 22, 2016 091990 Tour44May 24, 1990·Dec 29, 1990 101994 Fall Tour44Oct 8, 1994·Nov 22, 1994

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 531· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Horn

Phish original·debuted 05.24.90·The Brewery, Raleigh

179 PLAYS·175 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

90BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 179

07.15.98Portland Meadows

Portland, OR · 10:18

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Year by year31 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1990–2026v3.2

1998 · 90.1

'90'99'08'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19985 VERS · BEST 90.1

By era4 ERAS · 180 PLAYS

1.0 · 1252.03.0 · 354.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS125

AVG · BEST45·90

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS10

AVG · BEST49·55

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS35

AVG · BEST48·61

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS10

AVG · BEST53·72

BEST VERSION→

Versions175 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.15.98 Portland Meadows · Portland, ORCHARTED

—10:1890 #02

06.20.97 Divadlo Archa · PragueCHARTED

—5:0984 #03

11.19.91 The Sting · New Britain, CT

—4:5074 #04

07.20.25 United · Chicago, IL

—3:3872 #05

04.25.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—4:2366 #06

07.01.97 Paradiso · Amsterdam

—4:0965 #07

09.16.25 Ameris Bank · Alpharetta, GA

—3:5964 #08

09.04.15 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—3:4561 #09

06.13.10 Hersheypark · Hershey, PA

—3:3860 #10

07.27.18 The Forum · Inglewood, CA

—3:5760

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS179across 4 eras

ANALYZED17598% of all

AVG DURATION3:562 charted

LONGEST10:1807.15.98 PORTLAND MEADOWS

SHORTEST3:1106.16.90 TOWNSHEND FAMILY PARK

LONGEST GAP55 SH.2024 → 2025

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT05.24.90RALEIGH

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1990–2026179 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'25'26

MAX · 8 /MO·TOTAL · 179

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS178 PERFS

LONGEST · 55 SH.·MEDIAN · 7 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE172 VERSIONS

3m11m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

SHORT · 3:35 · 2023·LONG · 5:20 · 1998

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX179 PLAYS

S1 79%S2 18%

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE5

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #6

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT179 PLAYS

57%42%

STOP · 102SEGUE · 75HARD · 2

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY25CA15CO11MA11NC7VT7

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN22

MON15

TUE24

WED20

THU28

FRI32

SAT38

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.010.1%

v2.013.2%

v3.07.7%

v4.03.7%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Runaway Jim66 02Chalk Dust Torture65 03Bouncing Around the Room64 04Llama61 05David Bowie55 06Possum55

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Sweet Adeline177 The Sloth177 Contact176 The Horse174 Buried Alive174 Back on the Train173 Prince Caspian185 My Friend, My Friend186

By tour74 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS179 TOTAL

011991 Fall Tour1991 · 17 sh17 021992 Spring Tour1992 · 14 sh14 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 11 sh11 041993 Summer Tour1993 · 9 sh9 051991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 8 sh8 061992 Summer U.S. Tour1992 · 7 sh7 071995 Fall Tour1995 · 6 sh6 082016 Summer Tour2016 · 4 sh4

Charted appearances2 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

07.15.98·Portland Meadows · Portland

Standard "Horn" -> to an incredible and classic '98 ambient jam.

→CHRT#2

06.20.97·Divadlo Archa · Prague

> in from "Cities," this is a standard, well-played version, except after the song proper ends the band spends the final minute in a calm, quiet space with prominent Mike that sets up perfectly for a…

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER HORNSWIPE →

20%Uncle Pen7× →→20%Divided Sky7× →→17.14%Poor Heart6× →→14.29%I Didn't Know5× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE HORNSWIPE →

26.09%Llama12× ←→23.91%Rift11× ←→15.22%NICU7× ←→13.04%Maze6× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

PLAYSAVG446

46 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG646

46 Worcester Centrum CentreWORCESTER, MA

PLAYSAVG345

45 The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPHILADELPHIA, PA

PLAYSAVG340

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